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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-22
The MARKETS.

IlICAGt. NOV. Il.
On the board Of trade to-day quotations ranged
as follows: Wheat-Ne November opened
75lsc nominal, closed 7Slic; December, opened
75asc closrd 761lc; January. opened 76l closed
1850. Com-No. November opened 44I4c
closed 44sse nominal; December. opened 4S5sc
closed 49, lie; January opened 44Isc, closed
44lsc Oats-No November onened s1lsc
nominal closet ait4c; December. opened 265sc
asked closed &c hid May, opened SlAs sac, closed
Sic. Pork-January. opened Sl960 closed
lsq7lS; February, closed s141o; May opened
Sl4 12Le closed SIii5i@ iard-November
opened SOS nominal, closed S6a'Is nominal
Live stock The Union stock yards report the
following prices: Hogs-Market opened mod
eratey active; heavy lots SO Toe lower; light lots
unchanged; light grades S4,50@475; rough
packing, S4.5564 IS; heavy packing and shipping
lots, S. 75ital5 Cattle Market steady; fat cat
tie S. ESQ 400; fancy, S51eGh 40; cows, $l.a5G
800; stockers Sl-soG270; feeders S20Ga40
Sheep-Market steady; common, s. 75G33O;
good to choice S37aG4l0
Produce Butter-Fancy creamery, sc per ID;
fancy dairy, 20Q &c; roll, lag Ice; packing stock
12ltQI3c. Eggs Fresh, 1ec per doz; ice-house
17G1sl6c; picked, l49l6c. Dressed poultry
chickens, 1@sc per 10; turkeys eGI0c; ducks
G10c; plucked geese live S4.0U per doz Potatoes
-6SG75c per hu; sweet potatoes, $30oQ40o per
Dbl. Apples-Fair to choice ST. 10000 per Dbl
SrAnDtITit1s- anu Cherry SOU per Dol, ecu
and bugie, $50
New York.
INV YORK, Nov. q.
Wheat Steady: No. / red state, 9sG93Isc;
No do s9lsc; No. red winter December
Ssa4c; do January, SSlsc. Corn-Quiet; No.
mixed cash, 56lsG55L4c; do December, 56,Sc:
do January 56Ac. oats-Dull; No. 1 white
state SOC; No , do s6@36ltc; No. mixed De
cember S5lsc- Rye-Duil and unchanged. Bar
ley-NomihaL Pork-Dull; old mess. Sl425:
new, do, si4750l50o. Lard-S7sS January;
S7.56 May.
Live stock: Cattle Market opened dull closed
heavy; ordinary to best native steers S. 5oas5 30;
lbs, medium to good lrts; Says; CooradossteersI
81. 45@4 %; fat bulls and dry cows SsG275;
sheep and lambs. Firm at steady,prices for sheep,
and at an advance of DO per 100 lbs on lambs;
sheep. 81, 7015s5 per 100 lbs; lambs s5Q6.70.
Hogs frmer, I've hogs, S5.aol5.5o
ROCK ISLAND
oats-New 26cQ2Sc
| ay-Tmstny-S13G14OO
| Hay-Wild, SSIOlSI20o.
Rye-45c.
| Corn--New. 39N3lc.
| Potatoes-55Qj60c
Oos'-Soft lie nsid ~ O.
Cord Wood Oak, $500; Hickory, S.
raw-$T 90: baled IS. 90.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-22

Ex> CONGRESSMAN M r. MORRISON
has declined to receive the pension of S96
a wear, to which be is entitled as survi
vOr of the Mexican war.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-22

A general lockout among the brewers q
Milwaukee Is threatened.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
DO Birds Fly Down?

see, in back number of st. Nicholas,
that one of your young correspondents
appeals partly to me in regard to birds
flying down. But all who have written
seem SO well posted that doubt if can
add anything to their knowledge.
However, have seen California quail,
a wood dove and humming bird flying
downward; but in slow flyers, with
large wings and heavy bodies, the wings
are used moro or less as parachutes in
going down; in other words, the birds
spread their wings and rely upon gravity.
This l have noticed in the sand hill
cranes in their migrations along the
Sierra Madres. A. flock of say 100 will
mount upward in beautiful spiral,
flashing in the sunlight, all the while
uttering loud, discordant notes, until
they attain an altitude Of nearly mile
above the sea level. Then they form in
regular lines, and soar away at an angle
that in five miles O. SO will bring them
within 1000 feet of the earth. Then
they will stop and begin the spiral up
ward movement again until high eleva-
ton is reached, when away they go
again, sliding down hill in the air, to-
ward their winter home. 1t is very evil
dent that a vast amount of muscular
exertion is saved in this way. In some
of these slides that I have watched
through glass, birds would pass from
three to four miles, should judge, with
out Tapping the wings.-St. Nicholas.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
Isome Viewed from . Housetop.

The pleasantest thing in Rome, the
thing which no creature, however great
his power, has been able to touch, is the
sunshine. To live on Roman housetop
as do, is in itself great happiness. It
is q long climb, but who minds that,
once up2 The roof is a terrace where
plants and ivy grow, and leaning over
the outer wall you can watch the busy
life far in the street below, or wait while
the day dies behind tho Nous Janiculus.
The ragged pines that crown tho hill
stand back against the sky, and one
knows that below is the old convent
where Tasso died. The statue of st.
Paul, on top of the pillar of Marcus
Aurelius, is silhouetted very clear; and
nearer the black tower Of st. Andrea del
Fate, where in the evening hundreds of
birds come to rest. The pigeons do not
stop there; instead they wheel and circle,
shining like silver, then settle down about
the fountain of Trevi-nestle close about
the water gods grouped there. 1t is
pleasant, too, to stand upon the bridges
and watch the passing crowd-to listen
to the ripple Of the water and know the
voice is that of Father Tiber; to take a
sun bath on the Pincio. with Rome lying
at your feet; to pause and watch the
orange sellers and match sellers, and
models, and beggars on the Spanish
steps; to journey to the Campo de Fivel;
to the fair on Wednesday morning. where
all the old odds and ends of the continent
seem collected for sale. So much there
is to see in Rome; SO much to do. Cor.
Louisville Courier-J Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
Imprnyemt At Of the Nn,e.

II Is q misfortune for any girls face to
have mannish nose. The next time
you are in an assemblage Of maidens inn
prove the opportunity to see how many
of them are not pretty, but would be IL
their noses were nicely feminine. I
wouldn't distress the hump nosed by
mentioning the subject were It not that
the days Of their necessary oppression
are numbered. DIR. ]. Is an eminent
physician. ! desire to make that point
clear. 80 MS to avoid the suspicion that l
ain foisting humbug or an advertise
ment upon my readers. He Is president
of the high and professionally mighty
academy Of medicine, which is strictly
orthodox and conventional body. At
the last meeting over which he presided
another surgical mugwump, DR.. b., ex-
hibited saw with which to improve
noses. Doctors forfeit their professional
standing and get turned out of their med
ical associations, you know, if they patent
or keep secret any discovery. So DIR. B.
divulged his instrument for reconstruct
ing nasal deformities. 1t was simply a
very fine, thin saw, SO fixed in handle
that it could be inserted in the nose and
there operated. With it, he explained,
lie could saw out portions of tho septum,
which is the gristle part of the nose, and
thus reduce the protuberance. Of course
his idea was to thus use it for the cure Of
cases where the inalformation interfered
with the natural functions of the organ,
and he had operated with it successfully
in numerous instances. asked him if
he wouldn't apply it for the mere sake of
improving the shape.
II hardly think that would be profess
sional," he answered.
"Dut it would be practical!'
Undoubtedly.
"And no disfg,lring scar would mark
the result?'
mot any,"
"Would you perform this operation if
you deemed it necessary as q prevention
of madness?''
Yes"
"All right, then. Every girl with big,
crooked nose will go crazy if refused an
operation that would transform her from
ugliness to beauty. Clara Bellies Letter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
1'arlton.

Mr.. John Manahan had u very
had runway last Saturday. His
horse was Il fine bloodcd animal,
very fiery, ambitious, high-headed,
and it would take the strength OF
two men to place him in the shafts.
When he would start he would go
like an arrow shot from bow;
John Is fine horse-Man, but as he
drove from his beautiful home, the
horse shyed and collided with a
telephone pole. The horse ran
away with the shafts and left the
buggy hanging. John telephoned
to Circleville that he would. not be
over.
Judge Roose gave us call last
week, he is looking hale and well
fed. The Judge gave us the bene-
fit of n very fine railroad speech.
We are working for u pike to
Buenavista, or rather to organize Il
system by which the road shall be
worked. And right here is where
the people very much miss it in
e!ectinga different supervisor every
spring. They, the supervisors, diff
fer in Judgment, and some have no
Judgment, for making road, and
the consequence is one will fill up,
the next will plow and scrape out,
and years are spent with no advan-
tage, to the road. FL forty years,
the Salt creek road, was worked
upon the shove system, and every
spring the road was knee deep with
mud. And then a system of work
ing the road, with gravel was
adopted, and now, we have II good
pike for four miles that could have
been had thirty years ago. 1t is diff
cult work to make the land owners
see the great advantage, financially,
of having good roads leading to the
points where they sell their pro-
duce. Is.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
Lamsis,n In China,

Tho Rev, Jonathan Crossett, who for
seventeen years has been missionary in
China, says that one section Of China is
still untouched by the missionaries-,the
Mongols living to the north and west.
The Mongols go down to Lassa In Thibet
as to n Mecca, and evidence can be found
among them of the teachings Of the early
Christians. They are the most tenacious
as to their religion of any people whom
lie had ever met. Their deity is called
Borhan, or eight" and their belief
Lamaism-is founded upon tenets held
by all Christians. They observe one day
in every seven, and although they wor-
ship IDOLS they have ten commandments,
and their system Of morals is very high.
New York Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
Tho Enslish,nan and His Bath.

The Englishnan's s conception of bath
III to have gallon of ice cold water COW
ering the bottom of huge circular pan,
six feet or 80 in circumference and about
eight inches high. He stands or sduats
in this after lie gets out Of bed in the
morning and uplashes and rubs himself
with prodigious putting and blowing.
This is rite as sacred to him as are his
ablutions to Mussulman. All other
kinds of washing he regards with haugh-
ty contempt. Wherever he goes he de-
mands his cold water and his round flat
tub, and if they are not forthcoming he
sees at once that it will be impossible for
him to respect these people or refrain
from abusing them when he gets home.
Here in London it is as much as your so
cial life is worth to confess that you
don't splash yourself with ice water
every morning. London Cor. New York
Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
ONLY ONE MEAL A DAY.
The Queer Life Led by Nuns In . Con-
yent.-Eyeutlcss BeyOnd DescriptIou.

The queer u.ife Lcu ny nuns In q COns
vent--Eventlcss Beyond Description.
According to the code of Abelard the
convent was divided into six functions,
all alike subject to the direction of the
abbess. The sacristan was responsible
for the convent treasury; she kept the
keys. and had the care of the church
plate and sacred vessels; and it was her
duty to set the virgin sisters to prepare
the waters for the host, which must not
be made by widows. The chantress
taught singing and reading, had care of
the choir and of the library. to which
eho was expected to add by copying and
illuminating manuscripts. The head Of
the inflrmary had charge of the sick.
Another sister was mistress of the
wardrobe and responsible not only for all
the spinning, weaving and sewing neces-
sary for the event, but also for the tam
ming and cobbling. The cellarer had in
her charge the wines for the altar and the
sick, the provisions of the table and the
management of whatever the convent
possessed in orchards and garden land,
flochs and herds and hives, trout streams
and mills. Lastly, the doorkeeper, who
was especially chosen for courteous man
ners, Judgment and trustworthiness, was
responsible for the keeping Of the gate,
the entertainment Of guests and the dis
tribution of hospitality.
Life in the convent was not hard, but
monotonous. eventless beyond description
Il perpetual alienation of broken sleep,
repeated tasks and prayer. In the middle
of the night the, sisters rose for mathis
and, the Office over. trooped back through
the darkness to the dormitory. There
they slept till lauds, which were sung at
the break of day. In summer, when
lauds were early, the sisters slept again
till prime. At prime they left the dormi.
tory, having first washed their hands,
and taking their books, repaired to Il y
cloistcr to read and sing until the office
should begin.
Service over, they all assembled in the
chapter house, where lesson out of the
Martyrology was read to them and ex-
pounded. On leaving the chapter each
nun was sent 10 fulfill her allotted task-
singing or sewing, nursing or baking
until the hour of tierce, when mass was
said. They then resumed their work till
noon, the sixth hour, which was the con-
vent dinner time, except on fast days,
when it was postponed till nones, or in
Lent, when nothing was eaten till after
yespcrs at 4.
The convent fare was simple and spare,
save for the sick. No wine, stale bread
of coarse flour, roots and greens and, at
discretion Of the abbess, a portion of un-
favored meat on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Sundays. From the autumn equinox
till Easter, on account of the shortness of
the days, this one meal was considered
sufficient for all save the infirm. Fort
nightly Review.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
The Wives of the shnh.

But one form of diversion is forbidden
the royal ladies'; refer to their inter-
views with the court physicians. Next
to the sacred luxury of a confidential
talk with father confessor Of favored
pastor, there is scarce any solace which
Possesses such attractions for the average
woman as a sympathetic recital of her
troubles and ailments to trusted family
physician. But neither one nor the other
is allowed to see the wives of the shah.
No priest nor doctor can receive from
them the soothing confession of SORROWS
and sins or the narrative of aches and
pains.
OF course IL she is i'll then a wife of the
shah receives medical attention. But the
physician may not obtain even sight OF
her face. Behind a curtain, surrounde
by her attendants, she responds to his
questions; in extreme need she may show
her tongue, but no other part of her
features. Nor is the interview altogether
attractive to the physician, especially If
he be native, for he must necessarily
be extremely guarded in his language,
and il the patient dies it may go hard
with the doctor. lie does not venture to
prepare or furnish the drugs himself. and
the medicines he prsscribcs must be COM
pounded by servants of tho palace, to in
sure against danger Of poisoning, as well
~ to protect the practitioner from sus-
picion.
Tho European physicians practicing ut
the court Of the shah exercise somewhat
greater liberty In the matter Of drugs and
prescriptions. but oven they arc obliged
20 proceed with great canton. and never
attempt any serious surgical operations
when the patient is BIussuiman, IS,
w. q, Benjamin In New York Star.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
GIVING AWAY

the follwing VALUABLE COLLECTION of
Beautiful, Useful, Amusing and Misccllane-
GUS Things, We will send the Entire Collec-
tion. post pad for only lSc.
EcYOu cannot fall to he satistied-9N
BBtautlfyl Engravings, viz. The Morning
Of Of. Lie ~, 4 Garland Of Flowers, The First Love
and The Waning Ycnr 60 Portraits Of Fa-
nous Men, 20 Portraits ofFamous and Beau
tiful women, two hundred selections for auto
graph albums, Al designs in embroidery, cro-
chct, berlin net and laccwork, etc, 100 popular
songs, nll the fuvorftcs, 800 puzzles, clar,,des,
rcbusses cniginas, riddles ETC., loo valuable
money making secrets some of which have
sold for five dollars each, 80 amusing parlor
games, IS chemical and other experiments, rs
popular rccitntions the language of flowers,
the golden wheel fortune teller, n dictionary
of dreams, II guide to Irritation the magic age
tnblet. the lovers telegraph, the magic square
the Morse telegraph alphabet, the deaf and
dumb alphabet, the seven wonders of tho
world anb map of the U. =.
70 Remember, w0 will send you everything
named above for only IL cents in postage
stamps. Address.
UNION SUPPLY DEPOT, Box 30 philadcl-
phia, PA.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
A. Fl WILSON, Clerh
Are You Contemplating a
Trip East or West.

If so bear in mind the fact that
the Chicago and Atlantic, with it's
palatial equipment of Pullman day
coaches and luxurious sleeping
cars, offers to the Public advanta-
ges which cannot be excelled by
competing lines.
All class of travel have. through
trains, thus avoiding the discom-
fort of changing cars at unreason-
able hours.
Information regarding rates,
through baggage checks, tickets,
etc. can be had from any coupon
ticket Office.
Ask for your tickets via the
Chicago and Atlantic railroad, and
your journey will be one of COM
fort and pleasure.
&c. DONALD, Gen. Pass. Agt.
+. BLoUGHToN, Gen. Manager.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
A Slang Dictionary.

Readers Of modern French realistic
novels win shortly be able to pursue their
studies with the assistance Of French
and English argot and slang dictionary.
which Professor Barrere proposes to issue
by subscription. 1t will be privately
printed, and will be devoted to the cant
words, quaint expressions, slang terms
and flash phrases used in the high and
low life Of old and new Paris.-Galig.
aanis Messenger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
rho Norweglan Cu.pidor.

I took the oppoi tunity to praise the
Norwegian spitkin, which is a most in
genious device, and not only ingenious,
but wholesome and cleanly. 1t is an open
brass pan, some four inches in depth,
filed with broken twigs of green juniper.
These are put in fresh every day, an
invention, no doubt, of poverty in the
first place, for the Norwegian has been
hard pressed for centuries, and has learned
to set his fragrant juniper and fir boughs
to all manner of uses unknown in other
countries; for instance, spreading them
down for outside door mats in country
houses-another pretty and cleanly GUS
tom.-Lady Tourist in Norway.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
In Love with America.

Mrs. Society," suppose you never hear
of your daughter, who eloped with that
young bricklayer? Mrs. Oldham-Ycs,
he has got rich and they are living in
New York in fine style. "That Is "a COM
fort, certainly. Has the foreign noble-
man who married your other daughter
returned to his castles YETI" "Oh! no;
ho is Just in lovo with America, and says
ho wouldn't think of going back to
Europe" "Indeed! Where have they
been during the last three or four years?''
Visiting the bricAlayer. "-Omaha
World,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
Stations. No.i2 No. 8 No.Io No.ao No.s2

Trains run on Central Standard Time.
*Trains stop only on signal.
Trains 3, s, s, 12, 30 and &c., daily. All others
daily except Sunday.
Train IL has Pullman Buffet Sleeping coach
es to Boston and New York daily.
Train has Pullman Buffet Sleeping COACH
es from Boston and New York daily.
Train 5 has Pullman Buffet Sleeper from
New York to Chicago daily.
All trains arrive Mt and depart from the new
Dearborn Station, Chicago.
Passengers taking trains 30, 32. 81, or 30 must
procure tickets before boarding the train.
Passengers who may be going cast or west
will lfind 1t to their interest to consult the
agents of this company, who will give them
all information in regard to rates and con-
nectiOns. f. G. DONALD
+. BROUGHToN, General Passenger A ct,
General Manage CHICAGO.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
A Northwestern BIi.s.rd.

Nothing can compare with the fury Of
one Of our blizzards. 1t saps ones
breath, infiames the eyes and roars in
your ears until you think your head will
surely split. The flying snow which
pelts You in the face stings like SO many
needles, and nearly drives you mad with
pain. Your legs grow weak, nausea
adds to your misery. and, finally, when
life ceases to be worth battling for, you
fall to the ground and slowly freeze to
death, ,--ChicaGo Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
Invisible Platinum Wire.

II has been demonstrated that platinum
wire may be drawn 30 fine as to be invis-
ible to the naked eye, although its pres
ence on perfectly white card can be
detected by the touch, and can he seen
by the aid of small magnifying glass
when tho card is held in such u position
that tho wire casts a skadow.-New York
Sun.
Crank" is one Of the cheap words Of
the time, and generally means some per-
son with whom the speaker docs not
agree.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19

On the retired list Of the navy there are
fifty rear admirals. fifteen commodores,
twelve commanders, twenty paymasters,
fourteen captains, twenty lieutenant com.
manders, forty-one lieutenants, seventy
two engineers, and forty-six surgeons.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
From the Cotton Plant.

The value of the cotton plant, great as
1t is acknowledged by all to be. seems to
have the possibility of being increased,
since it has lately been discovered that
the bark of tho root contains what prom
ises to he an available coloring matter
New York; Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
Note on running Of trains,

Note on running Of trains.
Train leaving Columbus at 4:l5 p. m. (north
bOund) runs daily, and carries through sleeper
for Chicago, via. FostOrin and B. & q, II. II.
Train arriving Mt Columbus at 1910 q. m. runs
daily, and carries through sleeper from Chi
cago to Columbus, Washington and BalM-
more.
Direct connections made in Union Depot at
Columbus for Newark, GAINESVILLE, Pittsburg,
delphia; also for Dayton, Cincinnati, Louis
Vile. and all points South and Southwest.
"ClOsc connections Mt Toledo for Detroit
and all points In Michigan and Canada.
II. j. EALKENBACM,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
G. II. CARR, Columbus. Ohio.
Gen'l Sup't
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
Logan School Examiners Meetings.

The Boardiof School Examiners OF Logan
Village will hold regular meetings for the ex-
animation of applicants for teachers certifl-
Gates as follows. viz: On THE THIRD WE'D.
NEsDAYs OF FEBRUARY, APRIL, JUNE, AUG-
UsT, OCTOBER AND DECEMBER at the Office
of the Superintendent, In the school building
of said Village at 10 o'clock A. NJ, of said day.
BY order of Examiners.
J.H. DYE, President.
All WIIsON Clerk
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19

Schedule OF Arrivals and Departure Of
Mails at the Logan POst0ifiee.
ARRIVALS.
8:l5 a. M; 9:57 a. M; l :37 p. M;
5:15 p. IN.
DEPARTURES.
7:45 a. M; 9:27 a. M; 1:07 p. m.;
] :45 p. m.
STAR ROUTE MAILS.
Arrive at 1l:3O a. M; leave at
! 100 p. nj. Mails to and from the
following towns on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays of each
week:
South Bloomingville, Cedar
Grove. Haynes, Black Jack, South
Perry, Gibisonville, Rock House
Mt. Pleasant, Swan, Ilesboro, Ew-
ing.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
For Rent.

The dwelling house Mt present
occupied by LII. Burgess will be
for rent after April LIST.
+. c. ROCHESTER,,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19

Troes havc been discovered in Africa
which arc computed 70 be 5000 years
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19
READ HIS CAREFULLY.

In order to introduce and advertise our
goods in all parts of the country AT ONCE
we are almost